I dream and smell of festive roast goose
It turns out that fatty food does not make my gallstones howl in agony
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Christmas TV was stuck in the past
Channel-hopping from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day revealed a strange kind of nostalgia
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White Christmas: why cocaine is everywhere in December
A seasoned drug dealer says cocaine sales rise by 50 per cent over the festive period
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The wisdom of Home Alone
Kevin McAllister’s festive fortitude contains a lesson for us all
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What’s more British than a crumbling stately home?
A Very British Christmas shows why pageantry and decline don’t mix
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The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best Dickens adaptation
The joy of Dickens, like the Muppets, comes from the idiosyncratic characters
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Christmas trees aren’t anti-Christian
The tree does not preach; it gathers
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Christmas Day captures the generational divide among British Jews
Questions about identity propel Sam Grabiner’s new play at the Almeida Theatre
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Tommy Robinson’s Christmas carols culture war
The Unite the Kingdom Christmas service showed a new kind of British Christianity
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How to fix Christmas, one weird medieval trick at a time
Just please don’t make me eat goose
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Christmas telly has lost its magic
No one asked for The Great Peep Show Christmas Bake Off but I must begrudgingly admit it might be the…
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Christmas time is for murder
What exactly is the appeal of the festive crime mystery?
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A time for healing
This Christmas, it’s apparent just how much things have changed – and must change still
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How to find joy in January
Let’s keep the festivities going. The Christmas season doesn’t conclude until February, anyway.
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New year, same me
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that there’s no point in making aspirational resolutions.
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The privilege of journeying home
Not everyone has a family to return to at Christmas. Those of us who do shouldn’t take it for granted.
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When Christmas and Chanukah collide
A blue bauble with a sparkling menorah marks the first time we attempted to blend the festivals.
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Christmas can’t save the high street
Property owners, the pandemic and Black Friday have killed the town centre.
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Christmas disease is not as festive as it sounds
The story of Stephen Christmas – for whom the clotting condition was named – highlights both medical advances and the…
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The best food gifts for Christmas
A biased guide.
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